• Calscape - California Native Plant Society’s website for photos, plant information and design ideas. Use maps to see where types of plants naturally occur. Look up a plant and see nurseries that carry it. Join the Mojave Chapter of CNPS for newsletters and field trips.  
• iNaturalist - See photos of wild and cultivated plants. Look up by area or plant name. Join for free. Post photos of plants you need help identifying and share sightings. Visit the JTNP iNaturalist project page.
• CalFlora - Another great citizen science tool with photos, maps, and facts.
• Jepson Herbarium - Scholarly approach to native plants. Detailed plant descriptions and botanical drawings. 
• Mojave Desert Land Trust - Guides to plants by purpose in pdf format.
  
   
  • Restoration 
  • Birds
  • Hummingbirds
  • Desert tortoise
  • Bees
  • Butterflies & Moths  
• Power of Plants - Blogs and videos shared by an expert botanist with a deep understanding of soil and local ecosystems.
  
• Morongo Basin Conservation Association -
  Annual landscape tour, Youtube channel, educational information. 

• Tree of Life Nursery
  Blogs, workshops. YouTube channel.
• Theodore Payne Foundation
  Educational in-person and online workshops, videos. YouTube channel.
• Las Pilitas
  Great information, dense website. Dig for gold.
• Desert Strawhouse Nursery
  Subscribe to the informative monthly newsletter for seasonal care tips and plant issues from a desert horticulturist and nursery owner.

• Mountain States Nursery Database
  Filter selections by USDA zone, click on photos for plant information.
• San Marcos Growers
  Wholesale grower with database describing plants.

Learn how living soil supports plant health in this seminar by widely recognized microbiologist Elaine Ingam.